Use of Remote Sensing to Assess Estuarine Habitats
Estuaries and lagoons are dominant features in Florida. They are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth and provide food and shelter for a large and diverse group of living resources....
Investigations of Day-Night Distributional Changes of Striped Bass in Hudson River Interpier Areas
As part of a Hudson River fisheries study, investigations were made in an attempt to assess whether onshore-offshore movements could change the number of juvenile striped bass using interpier...
The Problem of Evaluating Marine Fishery Habitat
Measuring the value of fisheries habitat is made difficult by the fact that the final product, fish, is a common property resource and its non-commercial values (e. g. , recreation, aesthetics)...
Histological Markers of Environmental Effect
This paper evaluates the potential use of histopathology in determining the health of wild fish relative to the quality of the water in which the fish are residents. This paper examines...
Importance of Underpier Areas in Lower Hudson River for Striped Bass
A stratified random sampling design was employed in which each of three sampling zones (New York, New Jersey and Upper Harbor underpier areas) were sampled once per month from February...
Local Government Implementation of Chesapeake Bay Protection
The 1984 session of the Maryland General Assembly concluded with the passage of a legislative package on the Chesapeake Bay. One of the cornerstones of the package is the Critical Areas...
Sand for Beach Nourishment in Lower Chesapeake Bay
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science designed and performed an inventory of the resources of sand in the southernmost portion of Chesapeake Bay. The primary purpose of the project...
Constraints on the Use of Development Management to Reduce Coastal Storm Hazards
This paper has presented some important information about perceived constraints to the enactment and effective implementation of development management measures to reduce coastal storm...
The Protection and Management of Cultural Resources Through State Coastal Management Programs?A North Carolina Case Study
North Carolina's coastal management program attempts to protect and manage a broad spectrum of the state's coastal resources. These resources range from valuable...
The Failure of Section 312 of the CZMA
Coastal Zone Management Act, as amended, provides for a continuing evaluation of a state's Coastal Zone Management Program. This paper reviews the history and evolution of...
The National Coastal Pollutant Discharge Inventory
The National Coastal Pollutant Discharge Inventory (NCPDI) is a data base and computational framework being developed by the Strategic Assessment Branch (SAB) of the Ocean Assessments...
Dune Construction on Perdido Key, Alabama
In recent years, the Alabama coast has experienced significant pressures for development. To make development compatible with beach preservation, the Alabama Department of Environmental...
Stabilization of Dunes with Flexible Mattresses
Dunes, constantly moving due to influences of sea and wind, are inherently unstable and in many, if not most situations, are best left in their natural state of change. Where there is...
Nantucket's Endangered Maritime Heaths
Heaths, though common in northern Europe, are of disjunct distribution and limited development on the east coast of North America. In contrast, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts supports...
Endangered Wildlife of the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh
The present work based on the observation of several years since, 1968. Study was done along the coastal zone of Bangladesh. Random exploitation, destruction of habitat, illegal hunting,...
Coastal Advisory Committees?Making Them Tick
This paper deals with the positive results of public participation in Coastal Zone Management in Florida since 1981 through the orderly method of a State Citizens Advisory Committee. Florida...
Low-Cost Stacked Block Revetments for Great Lakes Shores
Two stacked-block revetments, the product of emergency conditions and budget limitations, were constructed at Illinois Beach State Park on Lake Michigan in April 1982. The revetments,...
The Use of Thematic Mapper Data for the Identification and Analysis of Small Island Land Covers: The Case of Block Island
This paper describes the classification (unsupervised) of a portion of the Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) scene covering Block Island, Rhode Island and surrounding waters. The Landsat system...
Studies in an Unproductive Coastal Lagoon in South Texas: A Case Against One-Time Sampling for Environmental Assessments
This study illustrates the problems inherent in attempting to write an environmental assessment based on inadequate or misleading data. Results can be biased against environmental preservation...
A Comprehensive Planning Approach for the Conservation of Coastal Resources at the Local Level
The recent rapid growth of New Hanover County in coastal North Carolina has created the classic dilemma of an environmentally attractive locality attempting to accommodate desirable growth...
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